Former South Sydney Rabbitoh Jordan Mailata says he is enjoying learning how to play offensive tackle after being taken the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, despite suggestions he could suit another position.
Andy Benoit, Sports Illustrated: B+.
The Philadelphia Eagles selected Jordan Mailata, a rugby player hoping to make it as an offensive lineman in the National Football League, with the 233rd pick in the seventh round. After that, it was just about building depth and taking the best players available-a ideal scenario for any team, and an unthinkably flawless one for a defending champion.
The Eagles only have two inside linebackers on the roster right now. All-in-all, Goedert is the total package at tight end. He began to pursue a career in the National Football League previous year and trained in Florida the past few months.
Adams, a 3-star recruit who played his high school football at Central Bucks South High School, received a plethora of offers to play college football at virtually every big-time Power 5 team but opted to take his talents to South Bend, Indiana to join the Notre Dame backfield.
The 6-8, 346-pounder is a physical specimen of some proportions and impressed multiple teams in his workouts in the build up to the draft.
“Champs often draft for depth, and GM Howie Roseman traded down to get more”. With Zach Ertz and Richard Rodgers as the one and two TE, Smythe won’t be expected to produce early.
At Florida State, Sweat was not able to line up outside of the tackle which hindered his best trait which is his first step.
First, the Eagles have all of their own picks in the first six rounds. He’ll fit in nicely.
Mailata, who now weighs 156kg, was chosen in the seventh round of the draft and admitted he was getting very nervous as it went on. We talked after the Super Bowl with Darren that it would be a priority for him to come back. The Eagles followed that by adding Matt Pryor and Jordan Mailata at picks 206 and 233 respectively. The Eagles released veteran tight end Brent Celek and allowed Trey Burton to leave in free agency. The crowd at AT&T Stadium wouldn’t stop booing Goodell, who, surrounded by Dallas icons Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman and Jason Witten, playfully asked the people why they were booing the Cowboys. The Eagles are quarterbacked by former North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz – the No. 2 overall pick in 2016 – and have Sioux Falls native and former University of Nebraska safety Nate Gerry in their defensive back corps, a fifth-round pick in 2017. So how do you grade them?